Supermarket shelves begin to empty of toilet roll and frozen food

Shoppers have raided some supermarket shelves after Boris Johnson‘s lockdown announcement for England – but chains insist they still have good availability. Video footage filmed at a Tesco branch in South Woodford, North East London, after 9pm last night showed limited stock left of toilet roll and kitchen roll. Other pictures showed empty frozen food … Read more

Pub trapped in time underneath shopping centre with empty glasses and 27-year-old bag of peanuts

A REAL hidden gem: The pub trapped in time underneath a shopping centre in Loughborough with empty pint glasses and 27-year-old bag of dry roasted peanuts Former popular basement bar The Green Man in Loughborough, Leicestershire, closed for good in 1993  Its entrance way has since been walled up and it now sits unused underneath … Read more

The photos that sum up 2020: Pictures show a wet, cold and empty Sydney on New Year’s Eve

Eeerie pictures comparing New Year’s Eve celebrations in 2019 with 2020 highlight how the coronavirus pandemic flipped Australian society upside down in just 12 months.   Hundreds of thousands of eager Sydneysiders and international tourists typically pack the harbour from the early hours of December 31, to ensure they can snatch the perfect spot for the … Read more

Empty Nightingale hospitals are quietly dismantled ‘because there aren’t enough staff to run them’

Nightingale hospitals are being quietly taken apart as medics warn there are too few doctors and nurses to keep the make-shift facilities open. Health bosses have already started stripping London’s of its 4,000 beds, ventilators and even signs directing ambulances to wards, while those in Birmingham and Sunderland are yet to re-open. An eye-watering £220million of taxpayers’ … Read more

Influencer reveals thrifty hack to upcycle empty booze bottles into a set of stylish glasses

Cheers to that! Influencer reveals thrifty hack to upcycle two empty booze bottles into a set of stylish glasses in four easy steps Australian-born influencer Geneva Vanderzeil shared unique hack on TikTok  Geneva, who runs blog Collective Gen, often shares thrifty tips on upcycling  Method involves a glass cutter and sand paper and can be done in … Read more

Apocalyptic London: Capital’s streets and stations empty in Tier 4 ghost town

Stark pictures this morning paint a bleak picture of London as the streets lie empty just days before Christmas.  The festive season would ordinarily be in full swing with families out doing last minute shopping and colleagues finishing off their work before getting merry and toasting the year at Christmas parties. But the Capital was … Read more

Britain’s supermarket shelves may empty as France’s Covid ban on British truckers

Britain’s supermarket shelves may stand empty as France‘s Covid-19 ban on British lorries is set to stop Continental hauliers bringing in vital festive food supplies.  The Port of Dover closed to all accompanied vehicles leaving the UK tonight for the next 48 hours after France imposed an inbound travel ban following the mutant Covid-19 strain which … Read more

Britain’s deserted Nightingale hospitals: Facilities built to relieve strain are STILL empty

Nightingale hospitals are still lying empty despite the rising coronavirus cases and fears over a new highly-infectious mutant strain.  East London’s ExCeL centre – the first site opened by NHS England amid the crisis, is seen practically deserted in pictures taken today. The site would be the largest intensive care unit in Europe if fully operational, capable of … Read more

Nightingale hospital lies empty and is still only ‘on standby’

Nightingale hospital lies empty and is still only ‘on standby’ despite London being thrown into Tier 4 measures and Christmas cancelled over rising cases Nightingale hospitals in London, Birmingham and Sunderland are ‘on standby’  Site in Manchester is open for ‘non-Covid care’ with Bristol open for local care   Seven Nightingale hospitals were built in the … Read more

Mike Ashley targets empty Debenhams stores in rescue blow

Mike Ashley considering moving his brands into empty Debenhams stores as part of a deal to acquire the company and its online division By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 22:28 GMT, 19 December 2020 Retail tycoon Mike Ashley is considering moving his brands into empty Debenhams … Read more